The song ended, and Fang Jueyu was still lost in its charm, while the chat room's comments blew up—not because of Xinyu's fans, but because Fang Jueyu's arrival attracted a throng of spectators.
A level 10 VIP had some privileges, including system notifications every time they entered a stream. Many rushed in, hoping this mysterious tycoon would reward the streamer.
Normally, Xinyu's room only had a few thousand viewers, never exceeding twenty thousand. But with Fang Jueyu's arrival, the room's viewers skyrocketed to over one hundred thousand, and it was still climbing!
"So the tycoon likes this type of girl?"
"Hahaha, she isn't showing her face, could she be Grandma Qiao?"
"No, with my years of experience with women, this is definitely a beauty! Even without showing her face, those hands, those legs, she's got to be gorgeous!"
"This streamer sings so well, I don't care about anything else. Since Mr. Lu likes her, I'm following her!"
"Waiting for Mr. Lu to send gifts!"
Xinyu's real name was Guo Xinyu. She didn't expect so many people to suddenly flood into her stream. Her family used to be well-off; otherwise, she couldn't have developed a skill like piano, which required lots of money.
However, her family's business later suffered major setbacks, and they ended up in significant debt. Now in college, she covered her living costs and tuition by live streaming.
She knew the streaming industry was a mixed bag, so she chose this method, but not showing her face meant many weren't interested, so her income wasn't great. After the platform's share, her monthly earnings barely covered living expenses, and the extra was just enough for tuition.
She didn't pay much attention to the streaming industry's happenings, streaming on schedule to play piano and sing without knowing why her room suddenly filled up with so many people discussing someone named Mr. Lu.
"Linshen Jialu gifts Panda x99 to streamer Xinyu!"
Spending a fortune, exactly 990 pandas, Guo Xinyu, sitting in front of the piano, covered her mouth, too shocked to speak.
990 pandas—each worth 500 yuan, nearly half a million. As a small streamer, the platform took 50% of the rewards, but she could still receive 250,000 yuan, more than she might earn in five consecutive years of streaming!
With this, her next two years of school expenses and tuition were covered. Not only that, she could even help ease her family's situation a bit. It felt like she was struck by Lady Luck herself.
"Why does this name sound so familiar?" Guo Xinyu hadn't heard of "Mr. Lu," but the ID "Linshen Jialu" seemed familiar. She had nearly fifty thousand followers, though only about 5,000 watched her streams daily.
She remembered regular visitors, and "Linshen Jialu" seemed like one who was there every day.
"Tha…thank you, Mr. Lu, for your gift. Thank you so much." For a moment, Guo Xinyu couldn't think of how else to express her gratitude.
"Whoa! The tycoon started again!"
"Mr. Lu, I don't have money for food today. Please treat me to a meal! My account is xxxxxxxxx!"
"I boldly predict, this streamer is going to blow up!"
"Coach, I want to learn piano too, I want to sing!"
As Guo Xinyu was still immersed in happiness, a comment in the chat made her emotions almost overflow into tears.
"I don't know what's happening around you, but from watching your streams for so long, I feel you're not very happy. I hope these gifts can help you a little, and I hope your songs and piano can become happy faster!"
"66666! Mr. Lu's not just rich, his charm is top-notch! I give this move full marks!"
"Wow, if I were the streamer, I'd be captivated in no time!"
"Why do I smell a whiff of romance here? Is it just my imagination?"
"Above, I smell it too. I sense a story unfolding!"
"Mm! I definitely will, thank you!" Guo Xinyu nodded, though no one could see. She wiped her tears and tried hard to calm down. "Mr. Lu, is there a song or piece you'd like to hear?"
"I'd like to hear 'River Flows in You,' if that's okay?" It was Fang Jueyu's favorite piano piece, bar none. He'd heard it many times in Xinyu's stream before, where her performance was perfect in intensity and emotion.
"Of course!" Guo Xinyu's slender hands began to caress the piano. She had played this piece at least a thousand times and knew it by heart. As the piano sounded, the entire room fell silent.
After the piece, Fang Jueyu, without hesitation, sent another Panda x99 series, causing another commotion in the chat room.
"Mr. Lu, I beg you, please some money to me!"
"Is there a big shot who can reveal what Mr. Lu does? Could he be some company's boss?"
"He's insanely rich. I just came from Mr. Park's stream where Mr. Lu gifted a million in gifts, and here he's done it again. Is he aiming to dominate the gift leaderboard today?"
"Sigh, after all, only two million was spent. Spending this ten million is truly tiring!" Fang Jueyu had recharged five million, but the system gave him ten thousand pandas. He actually only spent 2,000 pandas just now, merely two million. The ten million mission was still a long way off!
"Xinyu, I'm off to check other streams, see you tonight for your song!" Fang Jueyu typed on the public screen.
"Okay, same time at ten tonight, don't miss it!"
After exiting Xinyu's stream, Fang Jueyu resumed his grand mission of stream-hopping. Regardless of the streamer's popularity, as long as he was somewhat interested, he started with at least 99 pandas.
"Mm, this game's played pretty well!"
"Linshen Jialu gifts Panda x99 to streamer Jiangnan Gun King!"
"Although the face is heavily made, the singing is not bad!"
"Linshen Jialu gifts Panda x99 to streamer Little Sheep!"
"Whoa, what is this? A man made up ? Sorry, my bad!"
"Hey, this is good. The shooting is superb. Is it some cheat? Why can't I control the recoil?"
Spending the whole afternoon on the streaming platform, Fang Jueyu finally completed the task of spending ten million. He was a bit numb himself, yet this platform witnessed a legend.
Someone named "Linshen Jialu," known as Mr. Lu, spent a staggering ten million within just three hours! He rewarded without looking at popularity, only by his liking, leaving the viewers to sum it up in four words: rich! capricious!